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SET-UP GUIDE - HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX

27/07/2011

Set-up Guide - Hungaroring

Engine
We are looking for non-peaky power delivery to facilitate traction out of the low-speed corners as well as good all round driveability.

Brakes
There are relatively heavy braking demands heading into turn one as it is at the end of a comparatively long straight. From turns four to turn 10 the braking demands are very light, so drivers need good confidence in their braking systems as heavy use is relatively seldom over the course of a lap.

Suspension
The circuit layout promotes understeer so you need a strong front end to prevent this. The car needs to ride the kerbs a lot at this track so a soft front end can assist.

Rear Wing
The rear wing configuration runs to maximum downforce levels.

Tyres
The soft and supersoft Pirelli P-Zeros are allocated. The circuit surface and layout is relatively kind to the tyres, however the high temperatures frequently experienced can cause the rubber other issues, such as blistering.

Front Wing
Maximum downforce for the circuit layout and also designed to help counter understeer; we will run a new specification front wing to assist with this.

Track Annotations - Hungaroring

- Turn 1 - Heavy braking from almost 300 kph to under 100 kph. The most likely overtaking opportunity on the circuit.
- The track is downhill into turn two so there is potential for drivers to outbrake themselves into this corner.
- Turns four to eleven very much lead into each other so there’s little braking here. You need a well-balanced car with good change of direction capabilities.
- Turn 13 - The second slowest corner on the circuit taken at around 100 kph.
- It’s crucial to get a good exit from the 3rd gear turn 14 as it leads onto the only straight, which, in turn, heads into the best overtaking opportunity into turn one.
- The Hungoraring is a circuit where the surface grip level improves a lot over the course of a race weekend, which makes finding the correct set-up a challenge – has a lap time improvement come from a change to the car, or from the track surface improvement?

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